• The Biggest Casino Loser| Leave a Comment

    Today’s Wall Street Journal has an amazing and – if you enjoy the occasional gaming experience – thoroughly engrossing feature story on Terrance Watanabe, who this year ran up a gambling debt of $127 million – supposedly the biggest losing streak in Vegas history. Harrah’s casino claims Mr. Watanabe still owes it $14.7 million – [...]

  • 888 Signing Gambling Deal With Harrah’s| Leave a Comment

    Harrah’s, the world’s biggest casino company, is lobbying Congress to allow licensed gambling operators to accept online wagers from people in the U.S. 888 is investing in business-to- business services to gain a quicker foothold in the U.S. if online betting is legalized there. The arrangement announced this week between Harrah’s Entertainment and 888 may [...]

  • Schedule for 39th World Series Of Poker| Leave a Comment

    Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. said today the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light and televised exclusively on ESPN will – for the first time ever – begin and end with $10,000 buy-in World Championship events and feature a total of eight $10,000 championships. The 2008 WSOP starts May 30 with the $10,000 [...]